Motif skill restrictions make no sense.

dogmeathyenarwb17_ESO

So by some small miracle I managed to get my hands on a Barbaric motif book at a fairly low level and thought it might be interesting to take a look at, only to find that I need to be able to craft at the seventh tier before my character can learn it.

I can sort of see the point with Daedric or Ancient Elf, but after looking at the armour design are you seriously telling me it takes a master craftsman to understand the concept of wearing bits of bone haphazardly stitched to some torn leather scraps? Are all the savage mobs out there shopping at some tribal version of Hugo Boss?

Also, if you're not going to let us craft them when we can make use of it, why are there even low tier versions of those motifs when we will clearly never have a reason to make them? I guess I could craft some for lower level players, but that just ruins the whole point of restricting it in the first place.

I don't actually care too much about this as I came across the motif fairly arbitrarily, but it's this sort of thing that just ruins the immersion for me. Motifs are just books that tells you what the fashion is with certain races or groups, you're still working with exactly the same materials and it still takes the same crafting skill to make the higher tier stuff. There's literally no reason at all from a roleplaying perspective to have restrictions on them.

Strontium

By tier 7 do you mean skill level 7?

If so, it takes around 5 minutes to reach that level.

pysgod1978b14_ESO

It only drops in vet level areas is the reason it's set for a higher level of crafting.

dogmeathyenarwb17_ESO

Strontium wrote: »

By tier 7 do you mean skill level 7?

If so, it takes around 5 minutes to reach that level.

No, it's not basic skill level. It's crafting TIER. As in, you need to be able to make Ironthread and Galatite before you can make Homespun Barbaric.

Strontium

Ahhh, I see. I've not had an issue with this, so was curious.

dogmeathyenarwb17_ESO

Strontium wrote: »

Ahhh, I see. I've not had an issue with this, so was curious.

I know, I thought it was skill level too when the error message came up but after I looked it up I realized it was much sillier than that. The restrictions also only apply to the "rare" motifs. Like I said I guess I can see Ancient Elf and Daedric being really lofty, difficult things for a mortal crafter to make, but Barbaric? Really?

dogmeathyenarwb17_ESO

pysgod1978b14_ESO wrote: »

It only drops in vet level areas is the reason it's set for a higher level of crafting.

I understand that, my question is why. Why isn't this a common motif that drops off half the trash mobs in the lowbie wilderness? It makes no sense from a lore perspective and ruins the immersion.

And on top of that, why have low tier crafting options for it after you get it? What's the point of restricting it if you can just use iron and have level 1s running around in Daedric anyway?